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Books & chapters
The September reset that works is smaller than you think. Four versions of the same plan — five minutes, fifteen, thirty, or full — and permission to change size.
30 September 2026 · 4 min read
New research says midlife women fall about 35 g short on protein a day. Here is how to close that gap in five, ten or fifteen minutes — no Sunday required.
29 September 2026 · 4 min read
The 2026 Well-Woman Chart has been published. Here is the short, real list of what matters at your check-up, in three tiers, and how to ask for it.
28 September 2026 · 4 min read
The cliff at 35 is a myth. Fertility declines gradually, and the steep part is nearer forty. What the numbers really say, and when to ask for help.
27 September 2026 · 4 min read
My book on the myths women are handed about their bodies is out now as a Kindle edition on Amazon — free to read with Kindle Unlimited, and it works on any phone, tablet, or Kindle.
26 September 2026 · 3 min read
It is PMOS Awareness Month. Here is the tracking that takes thirty seconds a day — and the cycle changes that mean you should stop waiting it out.
26 September 2026 · 4 min read
10,000 steps is a pedometer slogan, not a prescription. Why walking alone will not protect your muscle and bone — and the two short sessions that will.
25 September 2026 · 5 min read
Creatine searches by women have surged this year. Here's what it is, what it does, what it doesn't, and why the supplement aisle still treats it as a men's product.
24 September 2026 · 5 min read
In May 2026 the condition called PCOS was formally renamed PMOS. Here's what changed, why the old name did real harm, and why so many women were dismissed for years.
18 September 2026 · 4 min read
The 'metabolism dies at 30' story is everywhere. The largest study of its kind says otherwise: metabolic rate is stable from about 20 to 60. Here's what actually changed.
17 September 2026 · 4 min read
If you're hungry all day and quietly blaming yourself, the problem may be that your first meal has no protein in it. Here's the fix, in any kitchen.
16 September 2026 · 4 min read
The gym was never built to welcome women, and 'lifting makes you bulky' is the myth that keeps them out. Both are wrong — and strength is one of the best things a woman can do for her body after thirty.
15 September 2026 · 4 min read
'Lose some weight, come back in six months' is not a plan. Insulin resistance is the quiet engine behind a lot of what women are told is 'just hormones' — and one of the most changeable things there is.
14 September 2026 · 4 min read
A cosmetic symptom is rarely a cosmetic cause. Hair, skin and acne changes can be the first visible signals of low iron, thyroid or hormones — and the answer is a test, not another serum.
13 September 2026 · 4 min read
The list that never clocks out isn't 'just who you are'. Chronic, unrelenting load is a physiological condition — and 'I'll rest when things calm down' is a trap, because things never calm down.
12 September 2026 · 5 min read
If your life doesn't allow for dim lights at eight and a journal by the bed, that's fine — sleep responds to consistency, not perfection. Here's the ten-minute version that survives a real life.
11 September 2026 · 4 min read
